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Alligator Records artist: Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials - Slideways - New Release Review

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 I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Slideways , from Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials and it's terrific! Opening with Bad All By Myself , Lil' Ed on lead guitar and vocal, gets things rocking right off the bat. With Michael Garrett playing a strong rhythm line reinforced by James "Pookie" Young and Kelly Littleton on drums, this is a great opener. The Flirt In The Car Wash Skirt is a great blues rocker with raucous slide work by Lil' Ed and Ben Levin on piano really gets this track boogieing. Vital rhythm guitar work by Garrett and a rock solid bottom makes this one of my favorites on the release. Elmore James flavored, 13th Street And Trouble , is a strong track with a pounding bottom and super piano work by Levin. Lil' Ed has this track by the short hairs and is really shaking it. Cooking! Laid back Chicago blues , More Time , has solid pacing and features Lil' Ed upfront on lead vocal. Garrett showcases his lead gui...
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Eighth Avenue Blues - Peanut, The Kidnapper w/ Robert McCoy

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Alabama barrelhouse blues pianist Robert McCoy (born Aliceville 1908) had two rare LPs in the early Õ60s on the Vulcan label. Delmark has acquired the masters and is now re-issuing the material on CD for the first time with many previously unissued tracks. accompanying Guitar Slim, "Jaybird" Coleman and Peanut The Kidnapper. "Stomping piano solos and blues vocals played with ... vitality and authority. McCoy sets a happy and boozey pre-depression mood that is fun to share with him." - San Francisco Examiner. Bye Bye Baby contains more than an hour of pure blues piano delight!
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